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Study Guide Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, French



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Enlightenment ideals had little or no impact in the new nation known as the United States.
 

 2. 

Andreas Vesalius dissected the bodies of executed criminals in order to advance medicine through study of human anatomy.
 

 3. 

In the 1600s, philosophers concluded that reason could be used to solve all human problems.
 

 4. 

The Third Estate included the bourgeoisie, the artisans and workers, and the peasants.
 

 5. 

The Napoleonic Wars were fought against counterrevolutionaries in western France.
 

 6. 

Napoleon Bonaparte was a brilliant military leader who could be described as ruthlessly ambitious.
 

 7. 

Although they could hire children, most factory owners in the early nineteenth century preferred hiring adults because child labor laws required that special protections be in place for children.
 

 8. 

Factories changed the nature of labor, as industry moved from the home to the factory.
 

 9. 

The change from the cottage industry system to the factory system was beneficial for all workers.
 

 10. 

Negative effects of industrialization included crowded, dirty cities and polluted air and water.
 

 11. 

Electricity drastically changed industry and daily life more than any other technological advance of the late 1800s.
 

 12. 

The emergence of public transportation helped suburbs grow.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 13. 

The new way of thinking that emerged in the mid-1500s is called the
a.
geocentric theory.
c.
Enlightenment.
b.
Scientific Revolution.
d.
American Revolution.
 

 14. 

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities were
a.
Plato and Aristotle.
c.
navigators and explorers.
b.
the Church and ancient scholars.
d.
Aquinas and his followers.
 

 15. 

Which of the following posed theories that brought him into direct conflict with the Church?
a.
Francis Bacon
c.
Aristotle
b.
Galileo
d.
Ptolemy
 
 
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 16. 

Study the chart titled “The Scientific Method.” Which of the following phrases belongs in Step 2 in the chart?
a.
Form a hypothesis that can be tested.
c.
Prove or disprove the hypothesis.
b.
Ask a question.
d.
Observe the natural world.
 

 17. 

What led scientists to study the natural world more closely in the mid-1500s?
a.
a series of natural disasters
c.
the death of Aristotle
b.
Thomas Paine’s pamphlet
d.
exploration
 
 

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 18. 

Which of the following phrases belongs in Step 5 in the chart titled “The Scientific Method”?
a.
Observe the natural world.
c.
Answer the question.
b.
Form a conclusion.
d.
Identify a problem.
 

 19. 

Which of the following phrases belongs in Step 1 of the chart titled “The Scientific Method”?
a.
Answer a question.
c.
Perform experiments.
b.
Identify a problem.
d.
Draw a conclusion.
 

 20. 

Which of the following proposed the geocentric theory?
a.
Aristotle
c.
Galileo
b.
Copernicus
d.
Johannes Kepler
 

 21. 

Which of the following published a book supporting the heliocentric theory?
a.
Copernicus
c.
Descartes
b.
Ptolemy
d.
Galen
 

 22. 

Who wrote that without government, people’s lives were “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”?
a.
Locke
c.
Hobbes
b.
Montesquieu
d.
Voltaire
 

 23. 

What caused Napoleon to pull his troops from Spain?
a.
the guerrilla war raged by Spanish people
b.
the British navy’s support of the Spanish revolt
c.
the harsh winter of 1808
d.
Portugal’s neutrality
 

 24. 

Throughout the Napoleonic Wars, France’s greatest enemy was
a.
Austria.
c.
the Kingdom of Tuscany.
b.
Portugal.
d.
Great Britain.
 

 25. 

Which of the following was one cause of the French Revolution?
a.
new taxes on the Second Estate
c.
strong leadership from Louis XVI
b.
the influence of Enlightenment ideas
d.
economic prosperity
 

 26. 

Which European campaign was a disaster for Napoleon?
a.
the Russian Campaign
c.
the Peninsular War
b.
the Saint Domingue Expedition
d.
the Continental System
 

 27. 

Which of the following countries was the first to industrialize?
a.
the United States
c.
France
b.
Great Britain
d.
Japan
 

 28. 

Which of the following was one effect of the factory system?
a.
More people joined the middle class.
b.
Workers became more skilled.
c.
The price of products increased.
d.
Workers dealt directly with merchants.
 

 29. 

Industrialization had which of the following effects on middle-class people?
a.
They worked harder than ever before.
b.
They now had time and money to spend on leisure.
c.
They became active in the labor movement.
d.
Their standard of living decreased.
 

 30. 

Which of the following was a negative result of the growth of the textile industry in Great Britain?
a.
fewer cotton farms in Great Britain
b.
the huge population growth in the country
c.
the expansion of agriculture in India
d.
the spread of slavery in the United States
 

 31. 

Which of the following was a solution to scarce living and working space in cities?
a.
the mechanization of industry
c.
the construction of subways
b.
the construction of skyscrapers
d.
the expansion of public education
 

 32. 

What battle signified the end of Napoleon’s military career and his rule of France?
a.
Battle of Waterloo
c.
Battle of Russia
b.
Battle of Spain
d.
French Revolution
 

 33. 

What was Napoleon’s military expertise and a strategy that he used to win many battles for France?
a.
skilled infantry
c.
French bombardiers
b.
the use of artillery
d.
the use of naval strategy
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 34. 

The ____________________ theory held that the earth was the center of the universe and that the sun, moon, and planets revolved around it.
 

 

 35. 

Napoleon’s plan, called the _________________________, restricted trade with Great Britain.
 

 

 36. 

During the Battle of Waterloo, British troops were led by _________________________.
 

 

 37. 

The First Estate was made up of _________________________.
 

 

 38. 

A sense of patriotism and unity as a people is called ____________________.
 

 

 39. 

The ____________________ eliminated many injustices in French law but also promoted order and authority over individual rights.
 

 

 40. 

____________________ made the production of cotton more profitable by inventing a machine that removed seeds from raw cotton blossoms.
 

 

 41. 

The era when the use of power-driven machinery began to develop is called the _________________________.
 

 

 42. 

The inventor ____________________ developed an efficient steam engine that was a crucial innovation in industrialization.
 

 

Short Answer
 

 43. 

What was Napoleonic Code and what were the Pros and Cons of the Napoleonic Code?
 

 44. 

Explain the Three Estates of France and how tax collection worked before the Frech Revolution.
 



 
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